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About
Founding Partner focused on investment and impact. She was on the founding team of 17 Asset Management, building its impact measurement system, and previously worked at RockCreek, Vistria, and Necessary Ventures. She holds an MBA from Wharton and an AB from Harvard.
Experience
- Ardabelle CapitalFounding Partnercurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- The Vistria GroupMBA Intern2023
- Necessary VenturesVenture Fellow2022
- RockCreekSummer Associate, Private Equity and Venture Capital2022
- Sahar Global SummitsPartner, Head of Diversity + Inclusion Summits2019 — 2021
- 17 Asset ManagementConsultant2019 — 2020
- 17 Asset ManagementAssociate2018 — 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
- Sustainable Development Solutions NetworkProgram Associate2017 — 2018New York, NY
- Boston FoodsFounder, President2015 — 2017Boston, MA
- Carr Center for Human Rights Policy (Harvard University)Research Assistant for Professor Douglas Johnson2017Greater Boston
- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied SciencesTeaching Fellow, Start-up Research and Development2016 — 2017
- Change-Magazine Inc.National Managing Editor2013 — 2017
- Albright Stonebridge GroupEurope Practice Intern2016Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Harvard Innovation LabsResident, Venture Incubation Program2016Greater Boston
- Know TomorrowProgram Organizer2015Greater Boston
- Clinton FoundationForeign Policy Intern2015New York City
- Bachpan Bachao Andolan - IndiaTeacher2014Rajasthan, India
- Robert F. Kennedy Human RightsHuman Rights Delegation participant2012 — 2014
Skills & more
Customer Service11Microsoft Office10Microsoft Excel5Leadership9Research11Editing4Microsoft Word6Writing5Nonprofits5International Relations6Entrepreneurship5Social Enterprise6
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TeamworkSocial MediaCRM- Business Models for Social Impact — +Acumen
- The Age of Sustainable Development — SDSNEDU
- Financing for Development — edX
From Cara's professional profile.
Colleagues at Ardabelle Capital
Anaïs Pons
Principal at Ardabelle Capital
Arnaud Langevin
Fund Controller at Ardabelle Capital
Bernadeta Pavlíková
Office Manager at Ardabelle Capital
Célia Nataf
Partner at Ardabelle Capital
Eric Hazan
Founding Partner, Head of Value Creation and Transformation & Strategic Partnerships at Ardabelle Capital
Felix Jones
Vice President at Ardabelle Capital
Julien Gattoni
Founding Partner, CFO & Head of Digital at Ardabelle Capital
Noemie Flammarion
Founding Partner, Head of Sustainability at Ardabelle Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Cara Kennedy-Cuomo?
- Founding Partner focused on investment and impact. She was on the founding team of 17 Asset Management, building its impact measurement system, and previously worked at RockCreek, Vistria, and Necessary Ventures. She holds an MBA from Wharton and an AB from Harvard.
- Where does Cara Kennedy-Cuomo work?
- Cara Kennedy-Cuomo is Founding Partner at Ardabelle Capital.
- Where did Cara Kennedy-Cuomo go to school?
- Cara Kennedy-Cuomo studied at The Wharton School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Harvard University (Bachelor’s Degree, Concentration in Government, Secondary in Ethnicity Migration and Human Rights); Deerfield Academy (High School).
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Also worked at Ardabelle Capital7
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